Akemi Negishi: Akemi Negishi. Actress: Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken. Akemi Negishi might never have become an actress but for Josef von Sternberg. The legendary director was in Japan looking for a woman to play the seductress who leads a bunch of soldiers astray in his upcoming (and as it turned out, last) movie _Anatahan (1954)_. But Sternberg spotted Negishi one night, dancing on the cabaret stage, and chose her at once. This was...
Known For: Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken (Seiga the MediumKunoichi), Red Beard (Okuni, the mistress), Sex & Fury (Ogin Shitateya), King Kong vs. Godzilla (Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl))